Meaning

1 senses

  1. (uncountable)The systematic and scholarly study of language.

    a branch of linguistics

    to study linguistics

    Linguistik, Sprachwissenschaft

    языкозна́ниеjazykoznánije, лингви́стикаlingvístika, языкове́дениеjazykovédenije

    мовозна́вствоmovoznávstvo, лінгві́стикаlinhvístyka

    the scientific study of language

Examples

84 sentences

  1. This book isn't about linguistics.

    Ця книжка не про мовознавство. — ascolto

    ruЭта книга не о языкознании. — Imp

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  2. He studies computational linguistics.

    deEr studiert Computerlinguistik. — Ole

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  3. Tom teaches French linguistics.

    Том викладає французьку лінгвістику. — deniko

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  4. My major is linguistics.

    ruЯ специализируюсь на языкознании. — sharptoothed

    deIch studiere Linguistik. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Tom studied linguistics in college.

    deTom hat Linguistik studiert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
scientific study of language:
Русский
By meaning 1
scientific study of language:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
scientific study of language:

Synonyms

7 synonyms
glossologyglottologylinguistryspeechlorewordlore
Close in meaning
  • the humanistic study of language and literature:philology

Word family

96 related words
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Derivedanthropolinguisticsapplied linguisticsarchaeolinguisticsarmchair linguisticsastrolinguisticsbiolinguisticsclinical linguisticscognitive linguisticscomparative linguisticscomputational linguisticscontact linguisticscontrastive linguisticscorpus linguisticscryptolinguisticsculinary linguisticscyberlinguisticsdemolinguisticsdiachronic linguisticsecolinguisticsethnolinguisticsfolk linguisticsforensic linguisticsfunctional linguisticsgeolinguistics

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
linguinelinguistlinguisticlinguisticallylininglinkB1linkage
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